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Ethiopia’s Ancient Rock-Hewn Churches Captured By Tigrayan Rebels

Residents of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site that’s home to 11 landmark 13th-century churches and a major pilgrimage destination for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, have fled — along with government troops — as soldiers from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front march in. – Yahoo! (AFP)
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